Airwolf had two standouts imho: it was an incredibly good looking helicopter, with the air intakes and cannons added and its gunmetal/white paint scheme. Second; the sound effects and signature tune are just epic. 40yrs on and I still get goosebumps when I hear it. To be a kid again... :o)
Man you ain’t kidding! That is the very best heli to ever go. I used to have an RC version and it broke my heart when an updraft caught it one day and sent it god knows where. Never found it.
Back when it originally aired in UK in the mid-80's I LOVED Airwolf. I recently re-watched seasons 1 and 2 on Amazon Prime, and wow: Airwolf holds up really well for a 40 year old show! Also, it was a real departure from the A-Team's no injuries policy! Hawke was a stone-cold killer with a serious body count!
Ernest Borgnine uttered one of the most memorable lines describing the USA. With bullets flying loading a kid onto Airwolf: "Comon kid! We're off! To the land of hamburgers and heartburn!"
Thank you. I’m one of the biggest Airwolf fans of all times. I built a 1.8 m large scale RC model 20 years ago and still enjoy flying it from time to time. Airwolf will always be one of my favorites of all times.
I'm a long time AirWolf fan. Although Ernest Borgnine played a massive role in the show he will always be remembered more for his loveable character Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale of McHale's Navy fame 😊
The failure with Knight Rider was not understanding how the show worked and what made it good. The first reboot they changed the format and it bombed, every reboot after tried going with the failed format of the first reboot with predictable results.
About I don’t think an air wolf reboot would probably be successful either you take the way things are done today compared to the way they done and it is it just would not have that same feel about it.
Automan and Knight Rider was the other two that still are my favourites. Airwolfs theme music is something I hear when reading the word Airwolf. I didn’t even think about how old or young Borgnine was when I watched it, or anyone else for that matter.
Airwolf was my favourite all action adventure show in its day. I always made sure to set the video recorder to tape it on Saturday afternoon just in case I was out working on Saturday afternoons. I bought all of the 3 series on DVD when I saw them in a store years ago. It still great to watch all the old episodes again some 40 years on from when Airwolf first hit our television screens, proving Airwolf is truly a timeless classic show.
Well I bought one box set from each of the 3 different Airwolf series DVD box sets that were available on the store shelves the day that I was in that store several years ago. Unless of course you're counting a series that I've only heard of from other people but never seen in which St John Hawke supposedly returns after being long term M.I.A. in the Vietnam war and takes over flying Airwolf from Stringfellow and pilots Airwolf from what I've been told as series 4 ? As I didn't see a series 4 box set available in the store the day I was there and I took it to be I had all the available Airwolf series box sets. But obviously not I guess. 😮😮
I met the guy who flew the r/c helicopters for the show, his wife was in the Navy in Hawaii in 1984. He was the first person to rig a r/c helicopter to be able to fly inverted (upside down). My friend who introduced me to him and I were both 67n10's, Utility Helicopter mechanics. Huey's all the way.
Loved this series back in the day (even so much as missing the intro and it bummed me out) and objectively I think it's aged very well but I can't help but recall Jan's terrible spiral downwards in life everytime I watch so this will probably always be gem left to the past.
One of the quirkiest props glued to that archaic Bell 222, was that 1969 Camaro SS style _'Induction Air Intake Cowl'_ on the choppers nose doing absolutely nothing at all other than for eye-candy! 🤪
I just turned 11 when it came on, never saw Blue Thunder but loved both Riptide and Airwolf, Riptide was kind of like a Simon and Simon on the water and air. There are some great RC's of Airwolf and are still being made.
I personally owned the Airwolf game on the NES. Could only ever get to Area 4 before the difficulty finally did me in. It was primarily caused by the number of missile towers and aircraft. Never did own the Commodore game. Didn't know there was one. I have the airwolf theme song as a midi file, though I forget if it was downloaded off of one of the numerous wav file sites back in 1998 ( SoundAmerica, Dailywav, etc.) or if it was acquired through a file transfer on the MSN Chat network.
My late father was a medical assistant when I was a kid. He always went on trips with the flying doctors programme that sent medical services into remote villages in the jungles of Borneo. I remember one old photo where he's standing in front of a white Bell 206. I had a chance to ride with him some time in the 1990s but it was not a Bell 206. I thought it was one of the newer sleek European helicopters with retractable wheels that started replacing the Bell 206s in Hollywood action movies around that time. Watching this video I am surprised to discover that Airwolf was actually a Bell helicopter and the possibility that I might've ridden, so to speak, an "Airwolf." Now, I wonder if I have ridden a Delorean that somehow made it's way to Borneo in the 1980s but forgot about it.
Still my favorite helicopter. For anyone that says you cannot hear sounds out of a picture, that is a lie. Those that know we always here her screams and howls when she is in flight. I did not know that IDW made a graphic novel for the series. I’m definitely gonna have to check that out.
Another thing you didn't know . They took a Bell 222 and hung a bunch of fiberglass on the fuselage to make it look cool. When they did that in order to approve the mods the FAA put a speed restriction on the aircraft.
I definitely preferred Airwolf over Blue Thunder- its far easier to believe that an intelligence agency can develop an advanced, supersonic attack helicopter than a police force can afford a gunship. Airwolf was at its best in Season 1. Making it 'family friendly' was a mistake IMHO. For the series, when Airwolf used its missile launcher, the missiles had the look of a photon torpedo from Star Trek. My fave characters were Alex Cord's Michael Coldsmith Brigg III/Archangel & Jean Bruce Scott's Caitlin O'Shanessy.
I agree, everything about this show was better than Blue Thunder. My favourite character was always Hawke, I think because I wanted to be him, flying that helicopter. I was only very young when the show was on though. 😁
He wasn’t. That was bullshit from the press. The show wasn’t even in the Top 30 ratings. You really think he would be that compensated? He wasn’t earning a quarter of what they claimed. The producers still have the budget documents.
I wish they had done a remake in the 2000s where Stringfellow is a RAH-66 Comanche test pilot and steals it when he finds out it was being cancelled. They wouldn't even have needed to make up stuff about its capabilities! Btw, did you know that in the first ever episode of MacGuyver Mac arrives at his first authorised mission in a black version of the Blue Thunder helicopter?
“Airwolf the film” was never a film. Not in the sense you’re thinking. It was made for TV. A pilot. The 18 version you’re calling “uncut” was done *after* that. Swearing was dubbed and 15 minutes are missing. You must’ve noticed this.
Things that was not mentioned was The Knight rider trailer was used in the 2nd episode of S1 in where they rescued thar boy from KGB and some actors was in battlestare galactica Lance LeGault was one
Rocky, whoever you are, you’ve got it WRONG on Season 4. Like everyone else, you haven’t done your research. Season 4 was only ever intended as ONE season. Universal made it for business reasons. CBS had cancelled the show after 55 episodes and the arrangement was to continue until 80. But Jan wasn’t prepared to resolve his addictions. CBS didn’t want to carry on without him. They chose NOT to retain the others and bring in a new lead. They were also going to cut salaries (something which Ernie wasn’t going to agree to). Universal had their own cable channel of sorts to air Season 4. The USA Network. It was a subsidiary of theirs and financing 1-3 to the tune of tens of MILLIONS, those hadn’t made a return or profit for them. “Airwolf” was never in the Top 20 of the ratings. The new budget, cast and producers was a result of that. The show was a failure commercially.
"CBS didn't want to carry on without him." According to Kevin LaRosa, who was one of Airwolf's actual stunt pilots, it was the exact opposite -- they didn't want to carry on **with** JMV, but since he owned part of the show, they couldn't just get rid of him. Watch C.W. Lemoine's full 2-hour interview with Kevin LaRosa here: th-cam.com/video/ZkyxQ2LV7CI/w-d-xo.html or a Shorts snippet here: th-cam.com/users/shortsxO7Vy0QzCac
Yeah, that was a rumour Kevin heard. He said it himself if you were listening. An actor doesn’t own a part of a show that wasn’t in the Top 30. And no actor who was an addict. I’ve met several of the producers and crew. Alex Cord & Deborah Pratt. They never mentioned that.
Ever wonder how Redwolf could be the successor to Airwolf given it lacked the jet engines? Same thing in season two when they built HX1 that thing looked very bulky and not like it could out fly the lady
red wolf wasn't even the same type of helicopter if you go back and watch the episode look at the guy that's flying red wolf and the helmet he's wearing doesn't even fit his big head it's so funny looking definitely budget cuts on that one LOL
Course it was the same type of helicopter. How blind are you?! Jesus. Talk about stupid. The helmet was one of the black painted red. They were never going to make a special or modify the chopper. It was only 1 frickin’ episode.
No, because it was implied it was a cheaper duplicate, built quicker. Less than 5 years it took for Airwolf. Zeus was out to impress the Senate and Congress. If he could make a more streamlined, less tactical gunship, millions to them. And a promotion for him.
In the pilot episode which was edited as a film with the F bomb 💣 and you can see the pilot who flew the helicopter and the end of the story when it lands in the desert
Actually did you know Jan-Michael Vincent had a helicopter license and he did actually do some of the flying on the show he was even a helicopter mechanic when he served back in his early days
I remember in my teenage years in Big Bear Lake, CA. During a summer we had an airshow and they brought in the AirWolf Helicopter. They had it all painted black and white and looked just like the helicopter from the tv show. Of course, there were no guns and no cannons onboard. That was all TV Magic. The pilot did some cool maneuvers with the helicopter and we all loved it. When they replaced the actors in season 4 the show just went downhill. When they tossed out Dom and String and Dom died in an explosion and String went into hiding. Pretty lame. They replaced the whole cast and everyone we knew in the 1st 3 seasons that I grew to love were all gone. Sad to hear about the stunt double that died in a crash at only 22 years old. Later the helicopter was used for good but sadly went down. Would be sweet to see a remake, but I guess even today Mock 1 for a helicopter in reality was never mean to be, but the idea was always super cools. RIP Earnie!
It's sad that the helicopter was destroyed in a crash that killed the patient and crew while it was operating as an air ambulance after the show was cancelled. Season 4 shouldn't count as a season. It was a low-grade, cheap imitation that re-used aerial footage from the original and used unnatural camera movements to simulate motion, while failing miserably to simulate motion. The only problem I had with the first three seasons was the supersonic flight, since that would be impossible because as the leading edge of the rotor approaches the speed of sound, it generates unstable shockwaves that would destroy it.
I had a serious crush on Jean Bruce Scott. But fair warning, lads. DO NOT look at the "after" photos. Time is cruel. BTW - There are only THREE seasons of Air Wolf. If your friends mention season 4, get new friends.
Twenty things you never knew? I think we all worked out long ago that Airwolf was really just an ordinary helicopter dressed up to look menacing and could never really do all of that. We realized the same things about KITT in Knight Rider and the bike from Streethawk. I never believed Automan was real either. The A Team however was totally realistic.
Why didn't they keep Kathleen Lloyd, as Antonia "Toni" Donatelli, from the season one finale? Deborah Pratt "Marella" was awesome and should have appeared more often. There needs to be a LEGO Airwolf.
"One of TV's most exciting helicopter adventures"..... yeah one of two, unless you count TJ from Magnum having a chopper.... wait, Riptide, never heard of it, probably wasn't aired in the UK
It was actually, although you had to know where to look as it bounced around in the schedules back then. It was hardly an exciting helicopter though, it was a miracle if it even started
@@andrewchilcott5312 Literally; I remembered scenes where someone asked for the Screamin Mimi only to be radioed back "Mimi won't start..." It was the aerial equivalent of Rick Simon's Power Wagon.
You didn't mention that Vincent was a bit moody on set (probably because he was overdoing the booze), so much so, they had to write this behaviour into the character of Stringfellow Hawk. Another reason why the show was eventually dropped was due to cost. The aerial sequences were very expensive to film. You may notice many of the aerial shots are repeated each week despite the different storyline. Also stock footage was used. The late Shannen Doherty appeared in the first series in one episode.
There had been a few Bell 222's thatchave crashed. That's why no one would use them air ambulances. They were coolest looking helicopters next to the Cobra, but they were just unsafe, a liability. Sad.
5:50 Airwolf looked like an advanced helicopter. But was actually a Bell 222. WTF! Really! I been fooled all this time. You mean it ISN'T real? damn! Nob!
Airwolf's ratings did not change much over its run. Each season lost a part of its audience. Season 4 was produced specifically to create 24 more episodes to make a viable syndication package of 80 episodes for the series. A season 5 was never planned.
The only thing I truly know about Airwolf is that it had far too few Jan Michael Vincents. You need like three or four Jan Michael Vincents for a proper show. 🤣
So let’s discuss season four shall we? Anyone who is an actual fan of this show that the reboot or as they like to call it season four, with pure garbage. It wasn’t Airwolf. The cast was horrible. Barry Van Dyke is a good actor, but this just wasn’t his role. None of the other characters had that connection with the audience that you have with the original characters . And let me ask you a question. How in the hell do you shoot a show about a helicopter without the damn helicopter? Yes, my friend that is exactly what they did for that. Season four. Everything you see in that of Airwolf itself is stock footage that they had from the first three seasons. They did not actually have the helicopter at that point. The close-ups inside the cockpit or re-created sets using some of the old props from the first three seasons. That’s why if you look at it, and then the pet scene from the first three seasons, it looks cheap and Like it came from Dollar tree. Rumor which is proven to be true since then, is that the only reason that they did those episodes that they called season four is to have enough episodes to put the show into syndication. And that’s exactly what they achieved with that garbage of a season. If you wanna watch Airwolf, then I highly recommend the first three seasons. If you wanna watch garbage then you can watch that fourth season if you want. But that will be ours and TV viewing time that you’ll never get that that you wasted 100%. I know at some point we have all heard the term jumping the shark. Airwolf did that in season four. The great series did not deserve to go out whimpering like a scared pup. And now everyone from the original cast is gone. Jan Michael Vincent has passed away L Ernest Borgnine has passed away. Alex cord has passed away. And yes, even the great Airwolf herself is gone. The core cast are all gone. And as much as I like Jean Bruce Scott. She is not an original cast member. She joined in season two like the video said. So as I said, all of the core cast from season one are all gone. It’s sad. The only regular from the first three seasons is Jean Bruce Scott. She was awesome during her time on the show. The episode where they brought her in was awesome. So I don’t wanna take anything away from her. She was right there on the level with the rest of the core cast. Even though she wasn’t technically an original cast member. So let’s have a moment of silence for those we’ve lost from the show. They could reboot the show, but I’m not sure they could recapture the lightning in a bottle twice. I would love to see them reboot this. Today’s technology would be amazing. Use on a show like this. You could do the dark gritty storylines like they were trying to do in season one. Make the new Airwolf a stealth helicopter. Something like that.
Airwolf had two standouts imho: it was an incredibly good looking helicopter, with the air intakes and cannons added and its gunmetal/white paint scheme. Second; the sound effects and signature tune are just epic. 40yrs on and I still get goosebumps when I hear it. To be a kid again... :o)
Still the most beautiful looking helicopter to ever grace the screens.
Man you ain’t kidding! That is the very best heli to ever go. I used to have an RC version and it broke my heart when an updraft caught it one day and sent it god knows where. Never found it.
You ant Never Lie it's beautiful and l wish it was Real 💯😁
The Bell model 222 was a beaut.
I grew up watching Airwolf
loved this show when i was a kid....still holds up today
One of the coolest TV theme show songs and intros ever. With the chopper slowly rising with the sound it's making going right into the song. Loved it!
Yup. In fact, I've been using it as my ringtone for many years now...
@@jjfromthebigland781 😎👍❤️
Back when it originally aired in UK in the mid-80's I LOVED Airwolf. I recently re-watched seasons 1 and 2 on Amazon Prime, and wow: Airwolf holds up really well for a 40 year old show! Also, it was a real departure from the A-Team's no injuries policy! Hawke was a stone-cold killer with a serious body count!
Airwolf was my favorite show when I was growing up..
Me too.
Knight rider
Airwolf was the GOAT!
Next to Street Hawk and Automan.
the 2 hour pilot movie was awesome....guy who played moffett was great ...
You trying be cool using the word goat
Ernest Borgnine uttered one of the most memorable lines describing the USA. With bullets flying loading a kid onto Airwolf: "Comon kid! We're off! To the land of hamburgers and heartburn!"
Thank you. I’m one of the biggest Airwolf fans of all times. I built a 1.8 m large scale RC model 20 years ago and still enjoy flying it from time to time. Airwolf will always be one of my favorites of all times.
Thank you Rocky for making this ! Loved Airwolf as a kid
I'm a long time AirWolf fan. Although Ernest Borgnine played a massive role in the show he will always be remembered more for his loveable character Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale of McHale's Navy fame 😊
lol for me il always remember him more as Cabbie in Escape from NY
They tried with Knight Rider. They tried with The A-team. Reboots. They didn't have success. I want a Airwolf Reboot.
The failure with Knight Rider was not understanding how the show worked and what made it good. The first reboot they changed the format and it bombed, every reboot after tried going with the failed format of the first reboot with predictable results.
About I don’t think an air wolf reboot would probably be successful either you take the way things are done today compared to the way they done and it is it just would not have that same feel about it.
No
Been waiting since I was 5
Automan and Knight Rider was the other two that still are my favourites. Airwolfs theme music is something I hear when reading the word Airwolf. I didn’t even think about how old or young Borgnine was when I watched it, or anyone else for that matter.
Automan? Never heard of it! As for Street Hawk, it was shown on tv here last year and it has really aged badly!
Automan. I am showing my age because it was a great but short lived show. Glad that you also aware of it. Young man.
I have the Airwolf theme song as my ringtone.
Me too.
lol me too
Guilty too
Can I touch you?
So do I, now. 😂
Airwolf was my favourite all action adventure show in its day.
I always made sure to set the video recorder to tape it on Saturday afternoon just in case I was out working on Saturday afternoons.
I bought all of the 3 series on DVD when I saw them in a store years ago.
It still great to watch all the old episodes again some 40 years on from when Airwolf first hit our television screens, proving Airwolf is truly a timeless classic show.
“All of the 3”. No. They were 4. Wake up.
Well I bought one box set from each of the 3 different Airwolf series DVD box sets that were available on the store shelves the day that I was in that store several years ago.
Unless of course you're counting a series that I've only heard of from other people but never seen in which St John Hawke supposedly returns after being long term M.I.A. in the Vietnam war and takes over flying Airwolf from Stringfellow and pilots Airwolf from what I've been told as series 4 ?
As I didn't see a series 4 box set available in the store the day I was there and I took it to be I had all the available Airwolf series box sets. But obviously not I guess. 😮😮
Loved this show as a kid, quite nice pang of nostalgia.
Great helicopter, great actors, great stories, great memories!
"Things you never knew. 9: Airwolf was essentially a conventional helicopter underneath all the props... " Wow, we never would have guessed.
I met the guy who flew the r/c helicopters for the show, his wife was in the Navy in Hawaii in 1984. He was the first person to rig a r/c helicopter to be able to fly inverted (upside down). My friend who introduced me to him and I were both 67n10's, Utility Helicopter mechanics. Huey's all the way.
Airwolf never used R/C copters for tv show.
One of my favorite tv shows, along with Knight Rider, Blue Thunder, A-Team
I'll give ya a hell yeah on everything but blue thunder
How about a nod for "Street Hawk" as well? 😁
Still love that helicopter.
The model its a classic and still hold today the looks .
Loved this series back in the day (even so much as missing the intro and it bummed me out) and objectively I think it's aged very well but I can't help but recall Jan's terrible spiral downwards in life everytime I watch so this will probably always be gem left to the past.
10:00 The Cox AirWolf I had, it was epic! lol
I was literally watching @KOSmusic cover of the theme right before this one! Awesome to see shots from his video in this!
One of the quirkiest props glued to that archaic Bell 222, was that 1969 Camaro SS style _'Induction Air Intake Cowl'_ on the choppers nose doing absolutely nothing at all other than for eye-candy! 🤪
"archaic"?
What a stupid comment
In fairness, plenty of cars over the last few decades have had scoops that are just as “functional”
@@Johnny_Guitar you’re a very silly little guy
The avionics must run really hot on Airwolf 😅
Moffit's Ghost was the best episode!
I just turned 11 when it came on, never saw Blue Thunder but loved both Riptide and Airwolf, Riptide was kind of like a Simon and Simon on the water and air. There are some great RC's of Airwolf and are still being made.
Blue Thunder didn't last long about 10-12 episodes..
The RC Airwolf can be really great looking scale works of art!
I loved the airwolf water bottle or fuel jerry can. Remind of the bat ladder sign on the 60s batman, well, bat ladder
One of the best theme soundtracks.
CBS really made some quality shows back then ❤. Jean actually starred in the soap opera 'Days of Our Lives' - that's when I first saw her.
I personally owned the Airwolf game on the NES. Could only ever get to Area 4 before the difficulty finally did me in. It was primarily caused by the number of missile towers and aircraft.
Never did own the Commodore game. Didn't know there was one.
I have the airwolf theme song as a midi file, though I forget if it was downloaded off of one of the numerous wav file sites back in 1998 ( SoundAmerica, Dailywav, etc.) or if it was acquired through a file transfer on the MSN Chat network.
My late father was a medical assistant when I was a kid. He always went on trips with the flying doctors programme that sent medical services into remote villages in the jungles of Borneo. I remember one old photo where he's standing in front of a white Bell 206. I had a chance to ride with him some time in the 1990s but it was not a Bell 206. I thought it was one of the newer sleek European helicopters with retractable wheels that started replacing the Bell 206s in Hollywood action movies around that time.
Watching this video I am surprised to discover that Airwolf was actually a Bell helicopter and the possibility that I might've ridden, so to speak, an "Airwolf." Now, I wonder if I have ridden a Delorean that somehow made it's way to Borneo in the 1980s but forgot about it.
I remembered building a scale model kit of airwolf when i was young.
I was
Still my favorite helicopter. For anyone that says you cannot hear sounds out of a picture, that is a lie. Those that know we always here her screams and howls when she is in flight.
I did not know that IDW made a graphic novel for the series. I’m definitely gonna have to check that out.
Airwolf was the best .
Another thing you didn't know . They took a Bell 222 and hung a bunch of fiberglass on the fuselage to make it look cool. When they did that in order to approve the mods the FAA put a speed restriction on the aircraft.
the modifications actually made the helicopter fly better according to the head pilot
I just got the series on DVD 2 weeks ago,,,,
I had airwolf wallpaper also rember watching street hawk
I definitely preferred Airwolf over Blue Thunder- its far easier to believe that an intelligence agency can develop an advanced, supersonic attack helicopter than a police force can afford a gunship.
Airwolf was at its best in Season 1. Making it 'family friendly' was a mistake IMHO.
For the series, when Airwolf used its missile launcher, the missiles had the look of a photon torpedo from Star Trek.
My fave characters were Alex Cord's Michael Coldsmith Brigg III/Archangel & Jean Bruce Scott's Caitlin O'Shanessy.
I agree, everything about this show was better than Blue Thunder. My favourite character was always Hawke, I think because I wanted to be him, flying that helicopter. I was only very young when the show was on though. 😁
At least Blue Thunder never broke the laws of aerodynamics!
Blue Thunder was built in secret by higher-ups in the federal government. In the series, it was under the command of “Apex”, a division within.
It was the most expensive tv show to make in its day , and JMV was the highest paid tv actor during its run.
And he blew it.
He wasn’t. That was bullshit from the press. The show wasn’t even in the Top 30 ratings. You really think he would be that compensated? He wasn’t earning a quarter of what they claimed. The producers still have the budget documents.
I wish they had done a remake in the 2000s where Stringfellow is a RAH-66 Comanche test pilot and steals it when he finds out it was being cancelled. They wouldn't even have needed to make up stuff about its capabilities!
Btw, did you know that in the first ever episode of MacGuyver Mac arrives at his first authorised mission in a black version of the Blue Thunder helicopter?
never wouldve guessed earnest was that old back then. never was much of an airwolf fan personally.
Ernest was already known best for McHale's Navy. It lasted twice as long as Air Wolf.
And?
Airwolf the film, was cut to bits in the uk. Didn't realise it's classed as an 18, until recently watched an uncut version.
“Airwolf the film” was never a film. Not in the sense you’re thinking. It was made for TV. A pilot. The 18 version you’re calling “uncut” was done *after* that. Swearing was dubbed and 15 minutes are missing. You must’ve noticed this.
Things that was not mentioned was
The Knight rider trailer was used in the 2nd episode of S1 in where they rescued thar boy from KGB
and some actors was in battlestare galactica Lance LeGault was one
Please do a Streethawk if there is anything to tell.
Ernest Borgnine, The bear in the air!!!
Whatever happened to Mars Industries 1/18 scale Airwolf it disappeared
Another great video!
My boss used to have the same helo Bell 222B....minus the weapons unfortunately.
If I had one I would definitely add some props to make it look like Airwolf. Still waiting for that lottery win to realise my dream 🤣
Rocky, whoever you are, you’ve got it WRONG on Season 4. Like everyone else, you haven’t done your research.
Season 4 was only ever intended as ONE season. Universal made it for business reasons. CBS had cancelled the show after 55 episodes and the arrangement was to continue until 80. But Jan wasn’t prepared to resolve his addictions. CBS didn’t want to carry on without him. They chose NOT to retain the others and bring in a new lead. They were also going to cut salaries (something which Ernie wasn’t going to agree to).
Universal had their own cable channel of sorts to air Season 4. The USA Network. It was a subsidiary of theirs and financing 1-3 to the tune of tens of MILLIONS, those hadn’t made a return or profit for them. “Airwolf” was never in the Top 20 of the ratings. The new budget, cast and producers was a result of that. The show was a failure commercially.
"CBS didn't want to carry on without him."
According to Kevin LaRosa, who was one of Airwolf's actual stunt pilots, it was the exact opposite -- they didn't want to carry on **with** JMV, but since he owned part of the show, they couldn't just get rid of him.
Watch C.W. Lemoine's full 2-hour interview with Kevin LaRosa here: th-cam.com/video/ZkyxQ2LV7CI/w-d-xo.html or a Shorts snippet here: th-cam.com/users/shortsxO7Vy0QzCac
Producing more episodes would make Airwolf more viable in the syndicated market.
Yeah, that was a rumour Kevin heard. He said it himself if you were listening. An actor doesn’t own a part of a show that wasn’t in the Top 30. And no actor who was an addict. I’ve met several of the producers and crew. Alex Cord & Deborah Pratt. They never mentioned that.
One of my fav shows growing up
Mine too
Great show. I miss it
I love all the seasons of airwolf even season 4
Ever wonder how Redwolf could be the successor to Airwolf given it lacked the jet engines? Same thing in season two when they built HX1 that thing looked very bulky and not like it could out fly the lady
red wolf wasn't even the same type of helicopter if you go back and watch the episode look at the guy that's flying red wolf and the helmet he's wearing doesn't even fit his big head it's so funny looking definitely budget cuts on that one LOL
Course it was the same type of helicopter. How blind are you?! Jesus. Talk about stupid. The helmet was one of the black painted red. They were never going to make a special or modify the chopper. It was only 1 frickin’ episode.
No, because it was implied it was a cheaper duplicate, built quicker. Less than 5 years it took for Airwolf. Zeus was out to impress the Senate and Congress. If he could make a more streamlined, less tactical gunship, millions to them. And a promotion for him.
In the pilot episode which was edited as a film with the F bomb 💣 and you can see the pilot who flew the helicopter and the end of the story when it lands in the desert
Actually did you know Jan-Michael Vincent had a helicopter license and he did actually do some of the flying on the show he was even a helicopter mechanic when he served back in his early days
Hahahaha! No, he didn’t. 😂😂🤣
Still watch still listening to the awesome soundtrack...they need to do a new airwolf...santini air...hooah!!
My friends all called me Stringfellow Hawk in the 80's. Lol
I remember in my teenage years in Big Bear Lake, CA. During a summer we had an airshow and they brought in the AirWolf Helicopter. They had it all painted black and white and looked just like the helicopter from the tv show. Of course, there were no guns and no cannons onboard. That was all TV Magic. The pilot did some cool maneuvers with the helicopter and we all loved it.
When they replaced the actors in season 4 the show just went downhill. When they tossed out Dom and String and Dom died in an explosion and String went into hiding. Pretty lame. They replaced the whole cast and everyone we knew in the 1st 3 seasons that I grew to love were all gone.
Sad to hear about the stunt double that died in a crash at only 22 years old. Later the helicopter was used for good but sadly went down. Would be sweet to see a remake, but I guess even today Mock 1 for a helicopter in reality was never mean to be, but the idea was always super cools. RIP Earnie!
Networks dumbing down content and in effect, destroying the show.
The original Airwolf helicopter was sold to Germany for an emergency ambulance helicopter.
It's sad that the helicopter was destroyed in a crash that killed the patient and crew while it was operating as an air ambulance after the show was cancelled.
Season 4 shouldn't count as a season. It was a low-grade, cheap imitation that re-used aerial footage from the original and used unnatural camera movements to simulate motion, while failing miserably to simulate motion.
The only problem I had with the first three seasons was the supersonic flight, since that would be impossible because as the leading edge of the rotor approaches the speed of sound, it generates unstable shockwaves that would destroy it.
I knew all that except for the novel and the video games. I thought this was going to be about the capabilities of the helicopter.
I was able to find it for my streaming play list for work.
I have had great fun watching a few bepisodes agian
I had a serious crush on Jean Bruce Scott. But fair warning, lads. DO NOT look at the "after" photos. Time is cruel. BTW - There are only THREE seasons of Air Wolf. If your friends mention season 4, get new friends.
She got chubby and old but she didn't get damaged like some did...
Definitely season 4 doesn't exist to me.
Season 4 is like fight club.
@strange_Armour There are 4 seasons not three
Can't blame you. So did I. Jean Bruce Scott's Caitlin was a looker.
Airwolf are the best rc helicopters
2-3 people run the same test. To me the error in misstepping would be less of a calculation error. 🧐
7:15 playing on a 90s yamaha CS1X synth
Twenty things you never knew? I think we all worked out long ago that Airwolf was really just an ordinary helicopter dressed up to look menacing and could never really do all of that. We realized the same things about KITT in Knight Rider and the bike from Streethawk. I never believed Automan was real either. The A Team however was totally realistic.
A=Team realistic? All those bullets and not a single gunshot wound? Yeah, real reality.
Automan was totally real. Don’t bullshit me. 😂😂😂
It's fair to say a good portion of 20 things we probably didn't know. I didn't know most of them
Why didn't they keep Kathleen Lloyd, as Antonia "Toni" Donatelli, from the season one finale?
Deborah Pratt "Marella" was awesome and should have appeared more often.
There needs to be a LEGO Airwolf.
Dr. Katherine Riker from the episode "Moffett's Ghost" was another good candidate for a regular heroine for the series.
Missong you Dom
Like with A-Team, I’m surprised that Airwolf hasn’t been rebooted
Erm…”A-Team” has. 🙄
@@AirwolfArchive I know a-team has, I was just saying I was surprised airwolf hadn’t been rebooted.
"One of TV's most exciting helicopter adventures"..... yeah one of two, unless you count TJ from Magnum having a chopper.... wait, Riptide, never heard of it, probably wasn't aired in the UK
It was actually, although you had to know where to look as it bounced around in the schedules back then. It was hardly an exciting helicopter though, it was a miracle if it even started
@@andrewchilcott5312 Literally; I remembered scenes where someone asked for the Screamin Mimi only to be radioed back "Mimi won't start..." It was the aerial equivalent of Rick Simon's Power Wagon.
Love dom.anx and arch angel.
Excellent video. Does anybody have the link to the album by Mark Caines.
Jean Michael Vincent you mean string fellow hawk
You didn't mention that Vincent was a bit moody on set (probably because he was overdoing the booze), so much so, they had to write this behaviour into the character of Stringfellow Hawk. Another reason why the show was eventually dropped was due to cost. The aerial sequences were very expensive to film. You may notice many of the aerial shots are repeated each week despite the different storyline. Also stock footage was used. The late Shannen Doherty appeared in the first series in one episode.
I believe the color of airwolf is called phantom gray.
No he is more remembered from Escape From New York 🤘
Not for people my age 😁
Hypothetical fist fight between Archangel and Devon Miles. Who wins!!!?
There had been a few Bell 222's thatchave crashed. That's why no one would use them air ambulances. They were coolest looking helicopters next to the Cobra, but they were just unsafe, a liability. Sad.
5:50 Airwolf looked like an advanced helicopter. But was actually a Bell 222. WTF! Really! I been fooled all this time. You mean it ISN'T real? damn! Nob!
Airwolf's ratings did not change much over its run. Each season lost a part of its audience. Season 4 was produced specifically to create 24 more episodes to make a viable syndication package of 80 episodes for the series. A season 5 was never planned.
Thank you! At least someone here knows what the fuck they’re talking about.
If Riptide and the Blue Thunder tv series aired in the UK I don't remember watching them.
I remember Blue Thunder airing in the 80s but not Riptide.
Surely, Ernest was also pretty much as famous as Sheriff Lyle in Convoy? 1-9 for the Rubber Duck.
I always remember him as Dutch from the movie Wild Bunch, one of the best westerns ever. Calling out Pikes name at the end 😢
Love that movie Convoy, as with most things it depends on your age I guess as to how you perceive someone.
Sort your playlists out please buddy!
megadrive and genesis are the same console , just regional naming in eu and america
So what's up with the British AI voice talking about an American TV show?
If only it were AI! 😂😂
I had the Cox petrol Airwolf, could never get the bugger to fly properly
It was like knight rider of the sky
Good bye Ernest Borgnine
C.A.R.R., Lore,...
The only thing I truly know about Airwolf is that it had far too few Jan Michael Vincents.
You need like three or four Jan Michael Vincents for a proper show.
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So let’s discuss season four shall we?
Anyone who is an actual fan of this show that the reboot or as they like to call it season four, with pure garbage. It wasn’t Airwolf. The cast was horrible. Barry Van Dyke is a good actor, but this just wasn’t his role. None of the other characters had that connection with the audience that you have with the original characters .
And let me ask you a question. How in the hell do you shoot a show about a helicopter without the damn helicopter? Yes, my friend that is exactly what they did for that. Season four. Everything you see in that of Airwolf itself is stock footage that they had from the first three seasons. They did not actually have the helicopter at that point. The close-ups inside the cockpit or re-created sets using some of the old props from the first three seasons. That’s why if you look at it, and then the pet scene from the first three seasons, it looks cheap and Like it came from Dollar tree. Rumor which is proven to be true since then, is that the only reason that they did those episodes that they called season four is to have enough episodes to put the show into syndication. And that’s exactly what they achieved with that garbage of a season.
If you wanna watch Airwolf, then I highly recommend the first three seasons. If you wanna watch garbage then you can watch that fourth season if you want. But that will be ours and TV viewing time that you’ll never get that that you wasted 100%.
I know at some point we have all heard the term jumping the shark. Airwolf did that in season four. The great series did not deserve to go out whimpering like a scared pup.
And now everyone from the original cast is gone. Jan Michael Vincent has passed away L Ernest Borgnine has passed away. Alex cord has passed away. And yes, even the great Airwolf herself is gone. The core cast are all gone. And as much as I like Jean Bruce Scott. She is not an original cast member. She joined in season two like the video said.
So as I said, all of the core cast from season one are all gone. It’s sad. The only regular from the first three seasons is Jean Bruce Scott. She was awesome during her time on the show. The episode where they brought her in was awesome. So I don’t wanna take anything away from her. She was right there on the level with the rest of the core cast. Even though she wasn’t technically an original cast member.
So let’s have a moment of silence for those we’ve lost from the show. They could reboot the show, but I’m not sure they could recapture the lightning in a bottle twice. I would love to see them reboot this. Today’s technology would be amazing. Use on a show like this. You could do the dark gritty storylines like they were trying to do in season one. Make the new Airwolf a stealth helicopter. Something like that.
Gabriel is fit 🎉
AKA blue thunder
🚫 This and Blue Thunder were clones of each other...
That people actually watched this show!